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May 2023 Monthly Update

Government Relations Monthly Update

If you would like more information regarding any of the stories we share, or if you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact Dusty Schnieders schniedersd@umsystem.edu and/or Emily Lucas lucasem@umsystem.edu. If you would like to visit any of the campuses to see research and community service projects, please let us know and we can coordinate such meetings. There are also University of Missouri Extension offices in every county and district, who also like to show off what they do in your communities, and we would be happy to coordinate those visits as well.


MU campus photoUniversity of Missouri-Columbia

In keeping with a goal to ensure higher education remains affordable for families, the University of Missouri recently increased the amount of merit-based scholarships awarded to undergraduate students.
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The University of Missouri is gearing up for its premiere on Amazon Prime. Filmed during Homecoming 2022, Mizzou’s hour-long episode of “The College Tour” features more than 20 students and alumni who provide a sneak peek into life as a Tiger.
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UMKC campus photoUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City

The University of Missouri-Kansas City on behalf of the University of Missouri System has received an award from NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines Program for a $1 million 24-month federal cooperative agreement to lead the development of a microelectronics hub across Missouri and Kansas.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to develop a five-acre parcel of land next to the south terminus of the Kansas City Streetcar at 51st Street and Brookside Boulevard. The streetcar stop is expected to be operational in 2025.
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S&T campus photoMissouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri S&T is excited to the host the third annual workshop on “Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals.” The workshop series brings together interdisciplinary stakeholders from academia, industry and government.
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S&T student team of three undergraduate students, created spinach-based skin graft, a new way to use spinach leaves and stem cells to help burn patients and others with wounds and conditions that require a skin graft, winning a $15,000 first place award at the Regnier Venture Creation Challenge in Kansas City for their project.
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UMSL campus photoUniversity of Missouri-Saint Louis

UMSL is helping to build a culture of literacy in schools across the St. Louis region.
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UMSL’s Succeed Program celebrates 10 years transforming lives with its postsecondary education program that provides opportunities for UMSL students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop academic, living and vocational skills as they work toward a two-year Chancellor’s Certificate or potentially matriculate to a degree program.
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Reviewed 2023-10-13